E-scooter trend could lead to rise in anti-social behaviour across Merseyside
In the last year officers recorded more than 100 incidents involving privately owned scooters
Last updated 27th Apr 2021
There are concerns a the new trend of electric scooters could lead to a rise in anti-social behaviour across Merseyside.
Police forces up and down the country have recorded hundreds of incidents of riders drink driving, using them for criminal activity and even pedestrians being hit by them.
In the last year officers here recorded more than 100 incidents involving privately owned scooters and have seized 94 since the start of the year.
Sam Pooke is from Voi, the company which runs a pilot scheme here. He says they have strict measures in place to stop the scooters being misused :
"We give the Police the authority to by-pass the strike policy if they see somebody acting irresponsibly. We operate a three strike policy.
"If somebody is under the influence or they are twin riding, if they are caught by a police officer, regardless of how many strikes they have had, if the Police want that person's account suspended they tell us and we can do that in minutes".